Beauty Quote by Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

“In the dewy wood tinselled with bewildering moonlight, the bumbling, tumbling babies of the fairy creche trip over the hem of her dress, which…

— Angela Carter

“Once in an endless meadow, just able to peer through the tawny haze of the grass tops, the child who was myself had watched…

— Iris Murdoch

“A grimy ghost hovered above a smiling scarecrow that looked puny next to an oversized bat being watched by a wicked witch who was…

— Kevin Purdy

“IT HAD NEVER been such a beautiful May. Every day the sky shone a peerless blue, untouched by cloud. Already, the gardens were crammed…

— Rachel Joyce

“A poor old Widow in her weeds Sowed her garden with wild-flower seeds; Not too shallow, and not too deep, And down came April…

— Walter de la Mare

“Like a rare species of shrub in a tub, near the carriages, in front of the porch where I was waiting, stood a young…

— Marcel Proust

“The little prince, who was present at the first appearance of a huge bud, felt at once that some sort of miraculous apparition must…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“children listen to superstitious tales, the story goes, that that spot, in the heart of the "Big Cane," is a haunted place. For more…

— Solomon Northup

“Whoever is missing in action turns Into a flower, after he reappears In stories, such as the old people were Telling...”

— Simeon Dumdum Jr

“A scarecrow was a thing of bold-faced tactics, out in the full light of day. A "murmet," the "r" softly rolling against the tongue…

— Kathleen Kent

“October arrived, spreading a damp chill over the grounds and into the castle. Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, was kept busy by a sudden spate…

— J.K. Rowling

Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale gessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing…

— John Milton